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In the Pool: Morning Groceries

January 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Morning Groceries
[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool]

When we first glanced at this photo in thumbnail form, it struck as an English Village but it is Carroll Gardens. The photographer writes, “This guy is walking down one of my favorite streets in all of NYC – Dennett Place. You see the entire length of it here.”

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6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Nat // Jan 23, 2009 at 10:08 am

    With all due respect as someone who gew up in England, I can tell you that it looks nothing like an English Village. That said, it is a beautiful block

  • 2 Judes // Jan 23, 2009 at 10:14 am

    This is right by where I used to live – I love the hobbit doors for the ground level apts, many only 3-4 ft tall (with steps leading down just inside the door). They filmed one of the early scenes from Spiderman 3 here, which involved bringing in a lot of fake trash, and, for some reason, stringing laundry lines across the street.

  • 3 Jack // Jan 23, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    The tiny doors on that street fascinate me. Was it all one big “development” at once, and the doors were an after-thought?

    It might not look exactly like an English Village, but it’s not really an American urban street by any stretch of the imagination.

  • 4 K. Lapp // Jan 23, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Those tiny doors are great – you can see one of them on the left of the picture under the entrance to the first building next to the stop-sign-shaped “window.”

  • 5 Lily // Jun 21, 2009 at 1:47 am

    I live in that street… the little doors seem and they really are very nice but… watch your head!! if you come to visit me.

  • 6 Lily // Jun 21, 2009 at 1:54 am

    I live on that street… the little doors seem and they really are very nice but… watch your head!! if you come to visit me.